WEBVTT OUR JULIE LONCICH IS LIVE IN WOBURN TONIGHT, JULIE, THAT STUDENT NOT SERIOUSLY HURT? >> THE 12-YEAR-OLD VICTIM IS OK, AND I’M TOLD OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. HE IS INCREDIBLY LUCKY, BECAUSE SOURCES TELL ME HE WAS STABBED IN THE SIDE AND THE BLADE DID HIT A RIB. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE AUDITORIUM BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL DAY AT JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE. THE ASSAILANT AND VICTIM ARE BOTH IN THE SIXTH GRADE AND THEY GO TO THE AUDITORIUM AT THE START OF EACH DAY. SOURCES TELL ME THERE IS A HISTORY BETWEEN THE 11-YEAR-OLD ASSAILANT AND THE VICTIM, AND THE SITUATION BOILED OVER TODAY. WE SPOKE TO AN EIGHTH GRADER WITH HER FATHER’S PERMISSION. >> I SAW THAT THERE WERE TWO BOYS FIGHTING IN THE AUDITORIUM. I JUST GOT IN, SO I DIDN’T SEE THE KID GET STABBED, BUT I SAW ONE OF THE TEACHERS AND LO BACK AND YELL AT THEM, AND ONE OF THE KIDS RAN DOWN THE HALLWAY. >> THE WOUND WAS SUPERFICIAL. IN FACT, SOURCES TELL ME THE CHILD DID NOT REQUIRE STITCHES, BUT CLEARLY, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. THE 11-YEAR-OLD WILL FACE DISCIPLINE HERE AT THE SCHOOL, BUT BECAUSE HE IS 11, HE CANNOT BE CHARGED AS A JUVENILE.

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Updated: 5:53 PM EST Dec 6, 2018

An 11-year-old student stabbed a classmate Thursday at a middle school in Woburn.A fight between the 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy happened before the start of school at the John F. Kennedy Middle School. The fight escalated when the one student slashed the other with a knife that he had allegedly concealed, officials said."I didn't exactly see the kid get stabbed, but I saw one of the teachers look back and yell at them and then one of the kids ran down the hallway,” one student said.The 12-year-old student suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. The other student was taken into police custody.Sources told WCVB that the victim was stabbed in his side, towards his back and the tip of the knife did hit his rib, but he did not require stitches. Officials said the two students were involved in an ongoing dispute and there is no threat to other students or staff."The safety, security and well-being of the students and all members of the school community is our first priority. We have determined that there is no further danger to the school," Mayor Scott Galvin, Police Chief Robert Rufo and Superintendent of Schools Matthew Crowley said in a joint statement.The accused student cannot be charged legally because he’s 11, and the minimum age to be charged is 12. The student turns 12 next week.Out of an abundance of caution, the school was placed in shelter in place mode during the initial investigation, but the school has returned to its normal schedule at this time."Everything was handled exactly the way it should have been,” parent Kelly Doughty said.Some parents rushed to the school before the lockdown was lifted. Even after the school was deemed safe, some parents decided to take their kids out of school for the rest of the day. "I just think that it would be better for her to be at home right now,” parent Nicole Torres said.

WOBURN, Mass. —

An 11-year-old student stabbed a classmate Thursday at a middle school in Woburn.

A fight between the 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy happened before the start of school at the John F. Kennedy Middle School. The fight escalated when the one student slashed the other with a knife that he had allegedly concealed, officials said.

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"I didn't exactly see the kid get stabbed, but I saw one of the teachers look back and yell at them and then one of the kids ran down the hallway,” one student said.

The 12-year-old student suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. The other student was taken into police custody.

Sources told WCVB that the victim was stabbed in his side, towards his back and the tip of the knife did hit his rib, but he did not require stitches.

Officials said the two students were involved in an ongoing dispute and there is no threat to other students or staff.

"The safety, security and well-being of the students and all members of the school community is our first priority. We have determined that there is no further danger to the school," Mayor Scott Galvin, Police Chief Robert Rufo and Superintendent of Schools Matthew Crowley said in a joint statement.

The accused student cannot be charged legally because he’s 11, and the minimum age to be charged is 12. The student turns 12 next week.

Out of an abundance of caution, the school was placed in shelter in place mode during the initial investigation, but the school has returned to its normal schedule at this time.

"Everything was handled exactly the way it should have been,” parent Kelly Doughty said.

Some parents rushed to the school before the lockdown was lifted.

Even after the school was deemed safe, some parents decided to take their kids out of school for the rest of the day.

"I just think that it would be better for her to be at home right now,” parent Nicole Torres said.